Walks you can reach from Kirkby-in-Furness by train
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Millom Circular via Millom Park (Cumberland)
15 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Low fells, wide salt marshes and the Duddon Estuary sea wall, with Millom Park and its open-air geology museum.
Millom Park: A wooded park above Millom with looping paths, optional viewing points and the open-air Rock Park geology museum.
Time: 4h30
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Silecroft Circular via Black Combe (Cumberland)
15 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
A shapely coastal peak between sea and mountains, climbing steeply beside Moorgill Beck to Black Combe's summit, with some of the best long-distance views in the country.
Black Combe: A shapely 600m coastal fell between sea and mountains whose summit gives some of the finest long-distance panoramas in the country.
Time: 5h
Warnings: A 15.2km hill walk with around 665m of ascent, fords and open-fell route-finding; the return includes a stretch of the A595.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Seascale Circular via Ponsonby Fell (Cumberland)
45 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
A long, demanding fell walk to the isolated grassy summit of Ponsonby Fell — an outstanding viewpoint — descending through Blengdale Forest.
Ponsonby Fell: An isolated fell whose elevation gives wide-ranging views including a revealing perspective of Scafell Pike and Scafell.
Time: 7h
Warnings: A long, demanding 22.5km fell walk best suited to experienced hill walkers; open fell, route-finding and over 500m of ascent.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Ulverston Circular via Conishead Priory (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Circular of minor roads, woodland and the Morecambe Bay shore, past the Gothic-revival Conishead Priory and the Ulverston Canal towpath.
Conishead Priory: A Gothic-revival mansion in woodland on the Morecambe Bay shore, with a terrace cafe.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Cark and Cartmel Circular via Holker Hall (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Hilly circular through conifer plantations and parkland around Holker, on a section of the Cumbria Coastal Way, passing the stately Holker Hall.
Holker Hall: A stately home near Cark with award-winning gardens and a courtyard cafe.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Grange-over-Sands Circular via Eggerslack Wood (Lancashire)
1 hour direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Hilly woodland circular over the limestone scarp of Paradise Hill above Grange-over-Sands, through Eggerslack Wood and the village of Lindale.
Warnings: Hilly with some wet, grassy paths. A short stretch of the B5271 has no pavement; take care.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Silecroft to Bootle (Cumberland)
15 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Linear hill walk over the summit of Black Combe, a shapely coastal peak with a 360-degree panorama, between two Cumbrian Coast stations.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Black Combe: A shapely 600m coastal fell between sea and mountains whose summit gives some of the finest long-distance panoramas in the country.
Time: 4h–8h
Warnings: A 14.5km linear hill walk with around 650m of ascent, multiple fords and open-fell route-finding; not suitable in poor visibility.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Barrow-in-Furness to Roose (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Largely pavement through Barrow-in-Furness and its docklands, the Dock Museum and the Cavendish Dock seawall.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Dalton to Ulverston (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Fields and lanes, the two Urswick villages, Urswick Tarn and Elizabethan Swarthmoor Hall with its early Quaker links, between Dalton and Ulverston.
Swarthmoor Hall: An Elizabethan manor near Ulverston with strong early Quaker associations.
Time: 3h–5h30
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Drigg to Sellafield (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Mainly level shore and Drigg Dunes Nature Reserve, with views over the Irish Sea to Black Combe.
Drigg Dunes Nature Reserve: A coastal dune nature reserve between Drigg and Seascale with views over the Irish Sea.
Warnings: Drigg is a request stop. Not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs. Beach section can be cut off by exceptional spring tides; check tide times.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Kents Bank to Grange-over-Sands (Lancashire)
1 hour direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Hilly walk over limestone uplands and through Eggerslack Wood to the summit of Hampsfell, with wide views over Morecambe Bay.
Hampsfell: A limestone fell above Grange-over-Sands with wide views over Morecambe Bay.
Warnings: Steep climb and a scramble over a wall at the top of Eggerslack Wood; upland ground.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
St Bees to Whitehaven (Cumberland)
1 hour direct from Kirkby-in-Furness.
Dramatic sandstone clifftops of St Bees Head, with two promontories split by Fleswick Bay, to Whitehaven Harbour — the start of the Coast-to-Coast.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
St Bees Head: A dramatic sandstone headland of two promontories split by the secluded cove of Fleswick Bay, marking the start of Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast walk.
Time: 4h30–8h30
Warnings: Exposed clifftop paths with steep, undulating sections; take care near cliff edges in windy conditions.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).